RAVE On

San Francisco, CA—May 2003—The editors of Home Theater magazine are proud to announce the winners of their first annual Recognizing Audio Video Excellence (RAVE) Awards. The RAVE awards are open to all manufacturers whose components are reviewed in Home Theater magazine in the 12-month period ending the preceding April.

Winners will receive their awards each year, during a celebration to be held at the Home Entertainment Show. This year, at HE2003, the RAVE awards will be presented on Friday night, June 6, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Windsor Suite at the Westin–St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California.

Each winner is chosen based solely on feedback from the writer who reviewed the product in Home Theater. The reviewer will have spent, on average, at least one month with the product, and will have based his decision on performance, value, ergonomics, and features.

Commented Editor Maureen Jenson, "The Home Theater team feels it is important to recognize excellence in the design and manufacture of superior audio and video components. I asked the reviewers to nominate gear that, after having spent weeks testing, they had a tough time shipping back to the manufacturer—equipment the reviewers loved so much they wanted to keep it for themselves." The following is the full list of the 2003 RAVE Award winners: